Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1929, Page 17

AN N GREENHAT PLEADSNOTGULTY ONLIUOR CHARCE Arrested After Another Al- leged Attempt to Deliver on Capitol Hill. COUNTS OF POSSESSION MAY NOT BE PRESSED Flying Squadron Leader “Spots” Cassidy by Bright Emerald- Hued Necktie. Another alleged attempt to deliver whisky on Capitol Hill, this time to the Senate Office Building, resulted yesterday afternoon in .the arrest of George L. Cassidy, 35, whose identifica- tion as “the man in the green hat” followed a sensational escape from the House Office Building several years ago. Pleads Not Guilty. 1n Police Court today Cassidy pleaded not guilty to a charge of trarisporting, and the preliminary hearing was con- tinued before Judge John P. McMahon until tomorrow at 10 o'clock. The United States. distriot attorn In charge of the case. said some question as to the legality of the police earcn of Cassidy’s home had been raised anc it was uncertain if the two counts of possession booked at No. 6 precinct last night would be pressed. idy had come to the attention of enforcement officers on several pre- vious occasions. In 1922 he was fined on pleading guilty to sale, transpor- tation and possession. He twice was arrested that same year, although no cases were made in court. During April of lagt year he was sentenced to 90 days in jail in Supreme Court for second offense possession. When _arrested yesterday afternoon Cassidy had discarded his famous green hat in favor of a gray felt, but was wearing a necktie of bright emerald hue. Sergt. George M. Little of the rum squad said Cassidy’s green tie was the first thing which attracted his atten- tion when he “spotted” the suspect parking his automobile on. Delaware avenue near B street northeast. Police Watch Home. The police say Cassidy had a mntvK of “bonded” rye in his hands when | arrested, and that a subsequent search of the automobile uncovered two quarts of “Scotch.” another pint of rye and & “Afth” of gin. Sergt. Little. Policeman Leo Murray | and H. O. Tutt of the “fiying squadron” | went to Cassidy’'s hgme on Sevemgemh: street southeast, yesterday afternoon and | took up g wateh of s ly's car nearby. | Meanwhile, another suspected Fum automobile drew the attention of police. They left the Cassidy residence, follow- | od the other car for a short distance. ! but lost interest and returned.in five minutes. Once back at the Cassidy home, Sergt. Little said he saw the suspect’s auto- mobile was gone. It was not in sight, he declared, and he decided to drive over to Capitol Hill. ! Sergt. Little said he and his squad took this course Eurely on a “hunch. As they approached Delaware avenue and B street, the police caught sight of Cassidy pulling his car in to the curb. | Secreting themselves nearby, the| police say they watched Cassidy alight and enter the Senate Office Building, | returning a moment later. Cassidy then ! unlocked the door to his car and took a package wrapped in paper, which he | started to carry into the office building when accosted. The paper package, Sergt. Little said, ' contained a pint of rye, Cassidy made bond soon after being booked at No. - 6 precinct. Immediately after the arrest police made a search of Cassidy’s home. They #ay they found 206 quarts of alleged whisky in the residence. It was con- fiscated, along with the automobile. Funnels Are Found, Sergt. Little said he also found fun- nels and a number of bottles. Part of the whisky was in two 15-gallon kegs, one of which was full and the other two-thirds full, according to the police. The bottled goods was labeled Homestead.” “McGinnis Whisk; ertson’s Perfect Scotch,” “Old Car- stairs” and “Club Banquet.” Cassidy came into prominence sev- eral years ago when identified as the man who fled the House Office Build- ing after he had been accosted by policeman who suspected him of ped- dling whisky. The suspect left behind a_ brief case containing a bottle of whisky. The policeman could recall no more of Cassidy's personal appearance than the fact he wore a “green hat.” He :"n later identified as the suspect, how- ver. “Old “Rob. professor.s How do children express their indi Rev. Dr. Paul H. Furfey of the fa students at the National Catholic School question by a succession of moving pict! a long period. moving picture camera will be set up, will not affect the naturalness of their be taken of the same children at the The natural assumption, says Dr. Furfey, would be that a child’s char- acter would be expressed in its pl The child who takes a doll and goes into & corner by itself probably would be introverted and self conscious com- pared with the one who romped with others in social games. But actually nobody knows anything about the relationship, Will Get Exact Record. By the moving picture technique the danger of false judgment by an ob- server will be overcome and an exact record will be obtained which can be checked up against the personality of the child observed over a long perind in other ways. In this way it may be ble to secure some data on the genesis of personality traits in chil- dren, possibly showing what happens in play to make a child forward or retiring. Among the studies recently com- pleted by the social service school stu- | dents under Dr. Furfey's direction is lone of the distribution of juvenile | delinquency in Southwest Washington. | conducted by Miss Mary A. Riley. Studying the delinquency records of | this section over a considerable period Miss Riley found definite groupings which checked up very closely with economic conditions. Southwest Washington is described in the report as “a picture of what can happen to a section where foresight in ity pllnnln{. is lacking.” ‘The survey continues: “The most southeasterly end consists of shanties and vacant lots with unpaved streets and inadequate light- ing—a surprising condition to find only a mile or so from the Capitol. North of this the section becomes commercial. Grad- ually the District improves. Toward the west small houses, some well kept and others more desol with no water or light facilities, spread north and, south. Seventh .street reaches the peak of business efficiency. ‘It is analogous to Main street of the small town. West of Seventh street and south of the rail road are small brick houses in row some large homes formerly occupied by leading men of the city, and homes on elevations that at one time overlooked |FILM STUDIES WILL BE MADE OF CHILDREN WHILE AT PLAY, Exact Record of Individualities Will Be! Obtained by Camera in Catholic U. Children at the Washington Child Research Center will be studied. . | divisions. The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, Research. ividualitfes in their play? culty of Catholic University, assisted by 1 for Social Service, seeks to answer this ures of a group of children at play over | A concealed from the children so that it | romping. Then a few feet of film will | same time each day. Delinquents, it was found, are dis- | tributed according to the economic | The highest peak is found among the shanties and vacant lots, and as the degree of economic stabilif increases delinquency decreases. “Lack of play space,” the report says, “is surely a factor in this delinquency. It is associated with extreme poverty, squalor and overcrowding. ~Churches, schools, playgrounds and other welfare agencies no doubt exert an influence. But in the Southwest the churches and schools for both white and colored are fairly evenly distributed and the play | grounds, such as playgrounds and wel fare agencies, are maintained in those areas most deteriorated. So 4hese ex- ternal factors can be eliminatzd, thus leaving economic status and the pres- ence of many adult offenders the | strongest ecologlcal determinanis of | | juvenile delinquency. “The solution of the problem would | #eem to ca!l' for the removal of those physical elements which make for hnd‘ housing. overcrowding, lack of proper | | sanitation and other physical causes | that eventually lead to disease »f all | kinds, immorality and physical as well | | as mental incompetence. = Empty lots. | so prevalent in the neighborhood, can be made into well equipped playgrounds. | An example is seen in the Willow Tree | | Alley playground, which is on the site of what was formerly one of the most disreputable alleys, morally and phys- ically, in Washington. “With the dominance of a climax group, such as exists today in the Southwest, it would seem that the nec- essary impetus must come from the out- side. The natural habitat peculiar to the group, attracting others of similar culture Jevel and dispelling those of a higher level, has been established. The point of culmination has besn weached. The younger members of the group who are enterprising migrate and those who remain become factors in the further deterioration of the section.’ Elementary schools play small part | in placing their graduates in jobs, is| the conclusion of another study by Miss | the river. North of the railroad are the more- economically stable. Here | the houses are owned and some fam- | ilies have been established as long as a century. The present prospect is that the southwest will become en- tirely commercial. “The southwest has grown in parallel | strips rather than in concentric cir- | cles. Within the industrial circle the | activities are primarily in layers, first | a strip of business, then a strip of residences, and :0. on out to the boundary of the circle.” Records Fitted Into Picture. | The delinquency records are then fitted into this geographical picture. 50| boys who graduated from grammar school in 1918. Most of these, she found, started out with no definite plans for life work and merely drifted in occupa- tions which may, or may not, have been suitable. : “It is entirely within the power of the school to give greater assistance in | lessening the industrial diffculties of | the child looking for a job through formal guidance by trained counselors, through vocational education which | prepares the boys for some particular | work, and through research studies showing the local opportunities of dif- ferent occupations in the city,” the re-| port. concludes. -+ + Green Tie Now | | | | __GEORGE CASSIDY. SERIES OF LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN AT “Y” | Couneil of loclnli;enciel will Sponsor Club Leadership Course This Month. | authoritative speakers on contemporary topics, a Club Leadership course under the auspices of the Council of Social Agencies will begin November 5 at the REPORTERS' TRIAL Including a serles of lectures by SET FOR MONDAY Hearing on Writs of Habeasi Corpus to Be Held Before | Justice Siddons. ‘ Back on the job today by virtue of Justice Frederick L. Siddons’ decision | vesterday to release them on hond | pending habeas corpus proceedings, the | three Washington Times reporters who were sent to jail for contempt of court | must go before Justice Siddons Monday for hearing on the habeas corpus writs. Justice Siddons will decide at that time whether they can remain at liberty | under bond pending an appeal of their cases. The reporters — Gorman Hendricks, Linton Burkett and Jack Nevin, jr.— were sentenced Wednesday to serve 45 days by Justice Peyton Gordon, who heid them in contempt of court for re- | fusing to tell the grand jury the names | and addresses of persons from whom ' they claimed to have purchased whisky Justice Gordon refused to admit them | to_bail. The reporters went to jail Wednes- day afternoon and had served one day of their sentence when released under the habeas corpus writs yesterday. When brought before the court their attorneys’ request for a postponement of the hearing until Monday was | granted. Wilton Lambert and George | D. Horning, jr., represent them. | |when W. J. B. Macaulay, FR HOOVERASKSABOUT MACWHITE, STRUCK IBY HIT-AUN DRIVER Irish Minister’s Injuries Are Painful, but Not Serious, Hospital Reports. DRUG CLERK FACES CHARGE IN ACCIDENT Suspect Denies He Was Operator of Machine That Fled From Dupont Circle. President Hoover today made spe- cial inquiry about the condition of Michael MacWhite, the Minister from the Irish Free State, who was injured when he was run down by a hit-and- run driver at Dupont Circle last night. The President’s interest was manifest first sec- retary of the Irish Free State legation. called at the White House te present Desmond Fitzgerald, minister of de- fense of Ireland. The President said he regretted very much that Mr. Mac- White met with the accident and he hoped he would have a speedy recovory. Mr. MacWhite, 47 years old, is re- covering at Emergency Hospital. While the envoy's injuries were said to be painful, his condition was described by hospital attaches this morning as “not serious.” He suffered deep lacerations to the scalp and severe body bruises. ‘The accident occurred shortly before midnight and the Irish Minister was taken to the hospital by his companion, William J. B. Macaulay, first secretary of the Irish Free State legation, with whom he was walking to his home, at 1761 N street. Mr. Macaulay said the two men were walking leisurely across Dupont circle when a brown-colored machine darted out of the darkness, bore down upon them and struck Mr. MacWhite with such force that he was thrown to the pavement 15 feet away Drug Clerk Faces Charge. Within & few hours after the acci- dent George Hurd Eddleman, a 32- year-old druggist. was arrested by Lieut. W. E. Holmes of the third pre- cinct at his home, at 2138 California street and charged with leaving the scene of an accident without making his identity known. He was later re- leased in $1,000 bond for his appearance in_Police Court this morning. Police said Eddleman denied striking the Irish Minister and statad that he was in the vicinity of Dupont Circle at the time of the accident and offered to aid an injured man. Eddleman, 32, who lives at 2138 Cali- fornia street, pleaded not guilty to the charge of leaving after colliding at Police Court today, demanded a jury trial and was released on $1.000 bond. Eddleman told reporters that he was at the scene of the accident and that he assisted Macauley in picking the Minister up from the street and helped him to carry Mr. MacWhite to the side- walk. He says that he did not hit the man and that one of Mr. MacWhite's companions must have made note of ! his license number as he drove away. Frank Charles Howard, 31 years old, of 2429 Twenty-fifth street southeast. was treated at Casualty Hospital for injuries suffered last night when run | road between | down on Good Eighteenth and Hope Nineteenth streets southeast by a hit-and-run driver. The | injured man suffered deep cuts over both eyes and severe shock. Child Is Injured. He could not furnish police of the eleventh precinct with a description of the driver or machine which hit him and failed to stop. Eight-year-old Albert Graham of 610 | Roxboro place was cut about the right knee when run down at Thirteenth and Otis streets by a machine driven by Charles R. Beaumont of Silver Spring, Md. The child was treated at Garfleld Hospital and later taken home. Thomas A. Franklin of 1230 New Hampshire avenue was bruised about the mouth when the taxicab in which he was a passenger and operated by Julian Kohlbeck of 609 Kenyon street stopped suddenly at Connecticut ave- nue and M street and threw him against the side of the cab. He went home after recelving treatment at Emergency Hospital. William Costello, 5 years old, was re- covering at Casualty Hospital this morning from injuries suffered last night when run down at Fifth and K streets northeast by a machine driven by Mrs. Ruth Stagger of the Highlands Apartments. ‘The child was treated by Dr. Louis Jimal of the hospital staff for a con- | cussion of the brain and lacerations to IDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1929. *¥ PAGE 17 | l WITH THE HALLOWEEN MERRYMAKERS 1 i | | | | | Two of the scenes on the downtown streets last night, where thousands made merry on Halloween.—Star Staff Photo. OVORGESIND.C. SHON DEGREASE {Number Lower Here Despite‘ | Increase in Nation, Statistics Reveal. | Despite the steady increase in the na- | tional divorce rate, a decrease of 30.8 per cent in the District of Columbia in 11928 over its 1927 figure is revealed in statistics complled today by the Depart- ment of Commerce. The divorce rate here for the past year was .18 per 1,000 population, a lower rate than was recorded in any State in the 'country, in comparison with a rating of 0.27 in 1927. Nevada granted a greater percentage of divorces than any other State or Territory, with a rate of 33.52. The report shows a total of 101 di- vorces and 21 annulments in this city in 1928, compared with 146 divorces and 24 annulments-in 1927. It is explained in the report that the decrease recorded | here is due directly to the number of | cases heard in 1927 which had been | hela over from 1926, when a strongly | | contested patent case occupied the time | of one of the courts to the exclusion | | of divorce cases. | Divorces Increase. Marriages performed in this country | | last year decreased 18,556, as compared | | with” 1927, while divorces increased by 13902. It is shown that there were | 1.182,497 marriages in 1928 and 1.201.- 053 in 1927, representing a decline of | 1.5 per cvent. There were 195936 di- vorces, as compared with 192,037 the | preceding vear, a gain of 2 per cent. | In_ addition there were 4226 annul- ments in 1928 and 4.255 in 1927. | | _Six marriages were performed to | every divorce last year, while in 1927 the ratio was 6.25. The number cf marriages per thousand population was | estimated at 9.85 and the divorces at 1.63 during the t year. In 1927 the estimated rate for marriage was 10.12 per thousand and divorces 1.62. The District reported 52.5 marriages to every divorce, while in New York there were 21.6 marriages to_each di- vorce. Both the District and New York have. but one cause for’absolute divorce. The rate in other States ranged from | | marriages to each divorce in George io | 1.6 marriages to each divorce in Nevada. Marriages Increase Here. | The rate of marriage here per 1,000 population was 9.6 last year in com- parison to 103 in 1927. A total of |5,298 marriages were recorded in this city in 1928 and 5,543 in 1927. Despite | this decrease in the total, the general | figures show a gain of 4.4 in marriages, allowing for the change of population. In the nearby States Maryland showed a decrease of 4.0 in divorces in 1928 and Virginia a decrease of 16. Mar- | riages decreased 3.4 in Virginia and 3.2 in_Maryland. In Maryland there were 1,976 divorces in 1928 and 2,059 in 1927, while in Vir- ginia 2952 divorces were granted in 11928, against 3,000 in 1927. In addition !there were 26 annulments in Maryland in 1928, while in the preceding year 2i | were granted. Virginia annulments in 1928 totaled 22, against 27 in 1927. Maryland's marriage figures showed 12.3 marriages to each divorce and Vir- | ginia's 7.3 to each divorce. There were | |24,222 weddings in Maryland last year | {and 25025 in 1927, while in Virginia there were 21.406 weddings last year and | 22,163 in 1927. 'GLIDER CLUB MEET IS SET FOR TONIGHT Plans to Be Made for Future Ac-| ALLEGANY FISH BODY NAMES NEW DIRECTORS Bird Committee Also Appointed by Maryland Association to Take Charge of Pheasants. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 1.— The Allegany County Game and Fish Protective Association appointed the following as members of the board of directors to serve during the ensuing year: Dr. Edward Harris, John Heller, Dr. George L. Carder, Frank A, Stein, Duke W. Burger, Cumberland: William H. Deneen, Frostburg: A. F. Nelson, Harry Barton, Pinto; Hugh A. Steven- son, Ellerslie, and J. W. Lewis and L. A. Carder, Oldtown. A bird committee was named to take charge of the pheasant farm on the Barton place at Pinto. It is composed of James F. Hershiser, Dr. Edward Har- ris and Joseph A. Minke, the latter also being publicity director. ‘The association will put on a mem- bership drive in the near future. TWO ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING CALF Wharrants for Arrest of Pair Are Sworn Out at McLean by Sheriff Kirby. Special Dispatch to The Star. McLEAN, Va, November 1.—War- rants have been sworn out for the ar- rest of Willie Le Hew and his brother- in-law, James Campbell, both of Thirty-first and M streets, Washington, PSEUDO PREACHER * PASSES BAD CHECK :Wcrks Swindle on A. G. | Ramisch, Blind Manager of Local Institution. Police are searching for the pseudo preacher who passed a worthless check on A. G. Ramisch. manager of the Columbia_Polytechnic Institute for the Blind at 1808 H street and who is said to be nationally known as a “bad check artist.” Ramisch is blind. The quarters Detectives B. W. Thompson | and Ira E. Keck of the bad check squad to have worked his way from California 0 this city by practicing such methods and leaving a trail of worthless checks behind him. Ramisch learned shortly after he had cashed a check for $25 for the “preacher,” that he was the Iatest victim. . ! Posing as “Rev. James H. Shearer,” | the man of half a dozen aliases ap- peared at the Columbia Institute early this week, purchased $5 worth of brooms made by the students, tendered a check for $25, got the brooms and the change and left saying he would send 50 chairs from his church in Hyattsville to be caned. | Within a few hours Ramisch “read” n a Braile magazine of shearer's opera- tions and immediately communicated with the Detective Bureau asking for assistance. He was told by Detective ‘Thompson to send the check, which so-called preacher is said by Head- | CITY BESET WITH ! BROOMS AFTER BIG - NIGHT OF REVELRY 1Litter of Streamers and Con- i fetti Contrasts Picture of | Noisy, Thronging Streets. “'PRANK COMPLAINTS RUN MORE THAN 500 Police Say Half Dozen False Fire Alarms Were Sounded Dur- ing Halloween. | The night of the witches is past and ;(h! day of the street cleaner is at | hand. The sorry remains of an evening of | pleasure lay in varicolored streamers {and confetti on Washington streets as | dawn broke, and brooms—not the streets |of wicked old women—began their sweeping to restore the city to its usual immaculacy. Last night there was a far different | plcture. Crowds clad in all the hues {of the rainbow paraded along the main | streets among merrymakers of less os- ! tentatious dress. but equally intent on ! having a good time. | _And have a good time they did. | There was much horn blowing and (confetti throwing both by those on foot and motorists who added io ihe din. At times F street, where the | main celebration took place, was also the scene of traffic jams that scarcely moved inches in minutes. Crowds Not Disorderly. On the whole, however, the crowds both in automobiles and afoot were comparatively orderly. There was little rowdyism in the downtown section and what did manifest itself was quickly {suppressed by the 30 extra police de- tailed to that area. Only 118 persons were arrested througout the entire city for the day and night on charges of disorderly conduct Of this number 5¢ were in the Southwest section. Thirty-two persons were arrcsted for { intoxication, not a much greater num- | ber than are taken into custody daily for that offense. On the charge of drinking in public, however, five per- | sons were arrested, wkich police say, can be blamed on the carnival since arrests {for this misdemeanor are usually ex- | tremely few. Three of these were taken | into custody by officers in the first pre- | cinct which covers Pennsylvania avenue ‘and F street, and two in the third ! precinct to the west of it. Pranks Cause Complaints. In the outlying precincts complaints i of pranks played by cl | come in early in the 3 he time the night vas | estimate more than 500 reports! everything from innccent | pranks to wanton destruction of prups ierty. Among the tricks of thc more | dangerous sort were the turning in of | nalf a dozen false fire alarms. | Restaurants early were fill:d to | capacity and in those where there was | music and dancing the crowds did not | begin to go home until almost micnight. Parties in private homes all over the city and in hotels lasted until a much later hour, some of them not up until dawn. Traffic Signs Mixed. Among the. casualties of last night's {Halloween celebration were a number jof signs of various types indicating whcther traffic should stop, go slow or whatnot. An official census has not yet been ompleted, but Assistant Superintendent E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, said that on his way to work from his home at Thirtieth and L streets he noticed there were several | missing. One sign marked “slow” had been placed on the lawn in front of | the home of F. Trubee Davison, Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce. {DANVILLE CELEBRATION MARKED BY VANDALISM | Public Indignation Running High at Destructive Tactics of Halloween Pranks. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., November 1.—Pub- lic indignation was loudly expressed to- day over acts of vandalism which ac- companied Danville’s Halloween celebra- tion last night. Obscenities had been painted on the sidewalks in the residen- tial section, thousands of dollars in damage done to automobiles through the cutting of tires or the scraping of their polished sides with nails. The police went into action' at 11 o'clock with a rising tide of disorder and the jail® was full today. One colored man was found firing “live” shells from a revolver on a crowded street. Three others were taken for GIRL ORDERED HELD | i o more soommant wesrers| PLANS HEW SCHOOL. [thezemaie | o o o, o . pho, are chatsed vith sieaing o Calf| wooeriL " ¥y RO it Tapk | furokie I 8 e e slary. 8 towe- |and their subjects are: Mrs. Alice ored, of 22337 Eleventh street, was| tivities—Committee on According to Sheriff Kirby, Walters | through the regular channels. ~The|formance found that the parking area FOR GRAND JURY ACTION | on dramatic ciub work, November 5 | Special Dispateh to The Star. feated at Gameld Hosita: iw 8| naq arranged with H. A. Storm fo. take | Check Was returned as worthless within | for their cars had been raided and most {at 8 oclock; Dr. William Vhite on| LORTON, Va. November 1.—The sprained back suffered last night | By-Laws to Report. this calf to a Washington butcher, but | & fe¥ Cays sn¢ ‘& vov 40 te hands ofof the machines were on the rim or when he went to the barn to get it he suffering from greater damage. when run down at Tenth and W streets | by an automobile operated by Charles | | found that the animal had been stolen Ruben of 812 Ninth street. He was, Plans for the actual start of glider the night before. Accompanied by | taken home after treatment. 'activity in the National Capital will Sheriff Kirby, Walters went to Wash- problem children, November |2.hn 8 éflrmHOCnf"mungt{hLe:‘u' uf giving a Rita Miller All | o'clock, and Thomas Settle on health | dance tonight at the home of Mr. and = Wi bl and recreation, November 19, at 8 Mrs. Herbert Haar for the benefit of the local school. There will be tables 110-YEAR-OLD MAN TO TEACH FIRST AID. Autos of Her Employer Before They Were Paid For. Rita Miller, 20. 300 block of Pour- teenth street northeast. was arraigned in Police Court vyesterday on two charges of false pretenses. Judge John P. McMahon ordered the girl held for action of the grand jury under $2,000 | bond. She is alleged to have sold automo- biles which belonged to her employer before they were paid for. As both cars were registered in the employer's name, the defense argued that the Govern- ment had not established a prima facie case, as there was no testimony to show that Miss Miller knew that the cars had not been pald for. Judge Mc- Mahon overruled the defense, saying that, as both of the sales were {denti- cal, enough eircumstantial evidence ex- isted to hold the defendant for the grand jury. HOWELL DISCUSSES DRY SITUATION WITH ROVER Sehator Howell, Republican, of Ne- braska, who is drafting a local prohibi- | tion enforcement bill for Washingon, conferred again yesterday with District Attorney Rover. It was the second time this weck the Seaator has been in communication with the district at- torney's office. He also _has been ex- amining records of the Police Depart- ment relating to dry law enforcement. The bill which Senator Howell plans to introduce will supplement the national prohibition law and will follow the gen- ‘ines of the State enforcement laws en femw rpasted hr most of the o i o'clock. ‘The lecture series will be concluded by Mrs. P. B. Croxton of the Social Hygiene Society, who will speak o “meeting the Adolescent Sex Problems,” November 25, at 8 o'clock. o GRANT TO BE SPEAKER. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director | of public buildings and public parks, w:1! address the Sixteenth Street Highlands | Citizens® Association Monday night at & | o'clcek at the monthly meeting of that | organization in the Sixth Presbyterian Church at Sixteenth and Kennedy | streets northwest. Dr. L. J. Battle, president of the asso- clation, is to preside. for 500 and bridge for those who do not | care to dance. The local School League ! has been spurred to renewed activity this year by the movement on foot to James C. Burrell, 56 years old, col- ored, of 1350 B street northeast was treated at Providence Hospital for a | bruised hip and two fractured fingers obtain a new school which will more | adequately serve the needs of the com- munity than the present building. Located on the edge of the District of Columbia Workhouse and Reformatory, | Southeast. suffered last night when struck at Sec- | ond and Canal streets southwest by a machine driven by Hallie Butler, also | colored, of 1323 South Carolina avenue | He went home after treal the school educates the ciildren of a ment. large number of Government employes, | nad M. M. Barnard, superintendent of the penal institutions of the District ;1{} n | Columbia, is interesting himself plans for securing from Congress finan- 1»‘1!] assistance in the construction of a rew bullding, similar to aid now ren- | dered at Army posts. The present | bullding has recently been wired for electricity. Association Offers A Believing the biscuit to be one of the rocks on which many honeymoons are wrecked, the Y. W. C. A. has de- cided to come to the rescue of em- housewives. ‘The association intends to relieye future husbands of table embarrassment ington biscuit-conscious. The better-biscuit movement is but a small part of a general reform planned in connection with a course in houschold management to be given at Y. W. C. headquarters, S’F\'En't"ufil* and o el . A. K streets, | id for Prospective Brides to Steer Clear of Biscuit-Rocks | reference to those contemplating matri- | mony, will be invited to learn the fine |art of creating hash, wielding a rqll- | ing pin, paring potatoes so as to leave barrassed husbands and finexptrlencedis me of the potatoes and using other | culinary instruments besides the can opener. Instruction also will be given in by making prospective brides of Wash- ' marketing, food selection and stock- | | ing_and budget balancing. | Most important of all, however, one | of the rigid prerequisites to graduation will be ability of the girls to eat what they have bought cooked and served. Vo +3 should apply to Mrs, Irv- |ing W, Ketehum mecratary ot the gen | Hit by Automobile l ibe made at the first regular meeting | ington, where, at the butcher shop of | | of the Washington Club, organized two | Walter Brown on Louisiana avenue, he | weeks ago, in the Thomson Community | Center, Twelfth and L streets, at 8 o'clock tonight. Since the organization meeting three | to primary gliding have been offered | the club, rent free, and a committee | | will be appointed tonight to examine | them and make a selection, it was stated today by Edward H. Young, president pro tem of the club. The committee on constitution and by-laws, appointed at the organization meeting, will report back tonight. | Thirty-one persons were present at the | organization meeting and a number | have joined since. There probably will be 50 glider enthusiasts at work in the | club this Winter, Mr. Young said, and it is believed that construction of from | four to six gliders will be undertaken. Organization of a women's section of the club is being considered as a result of several applications. DAVIDSON TO SPEAK. Red Cross Director to Attendj Devonshire Downs Association, Walter Davidson, assistant manager of the Eastern Area, National Head- quarters, American Red Cross, will be the speaker at a meeting of the Devon- . shire Downs Citizens’ Association, to be | neld Tuesday night at the Home for Incurables, ~Thirty-eighth and Upton streets. Mr. Davidson's address will be in the interest of his Red Cross annual roli which will be held on November found and identified his calf. Brown immediately stopped payment on the | check he had given to Le Hew. ‘While Kirby and Walters were at fields which are thought to be suited Washington police headquarters report- | ing the theft to District police, Le Hew. it is alleged, returned to McLean and tried to cash the check at the store of H. A. Storm, who notified the police. By the time Sheriff Kirby could return to Virginia, Le Hew and Campbell had disappeared. Retired Merchant Dead. FRANKLIN, W. Va, November 1 (Spe- clal).—Joseph A. Huffman, 70, retired wealthy merchant. farmer and stock dealer, of the North Fork section, died after a two-year illness. His widow, two sons and five daughters survive. | Special Dispatch to The Btar. | ROCKVILLE, Md,, November 1.—Un- der the direction of the Red Cross, members of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department will be given a course in first-aid treatments, it was decided at the monthly meeting of the organiza- tion, and other male residents of Rock- ville and vicinity will, it was agreed, be welcome to attend. Ira Lee Laws of Takoma Park, who has been active in,such work among volunteer firemen of the county, will be the instructor. He attended the meet- ing of the fire department and expl: ed that the course would consist of nine lessons of three hours each. The first lesson will be given here Tuesday eve- | ning, and the class will also meet Thurs- | day and Friday evenings of next week, | the remainder of the schedule to be an- nounced later. District Commissioners Ordered to Buy Land in Spite of Lease to Run Six Years Justice Alfred A. Wheat today di- rected the District Commissioners specifically to perform the contract which their rurchuml committee made with Michael J. Keane, owner of prem- ises 311-313 Pensylvania avenue, to buy his property for $62.500. The prop- erty is located within the area of the new municipal center. The Commissioners moved to dismiss the -u*ot Keane on the ground tm has six years to run and asserted that | the provision of the lease that it should terminate if the property was bought or condemned by ‘“the Government™ did not apply to a purchase bv_the Distriet_government but was confined to the United States Government, Attorney Henry I. Quinn for the owner called the attention of the court to the District code in which in reference to land condemnation_the word “gov- ernment” is used to ly with equal force bl{?lh to the Difrict and United " <R, DIES IN NEW JERSEY Russian Immigrant Centenarian's Wife, 108 at Time, Expired Three Years Ago. By the Associated Pre SOMERVILLE, N. November 1.— | David Klein, 110 years old, was buried | here today. He died yesterday at the home of a daughter in New Brunswick, N. J., where he had lived since his wife died three years ago, at the age of 103. Klein, who was born in Russia in 1819, came to this country 35 years { ago, residing in this town for 32 years. He is survived by two sons, thre daughters, 22 grandchildren, 18 great [;T’l&dchfldrm and one great-greatgrand child. DIVORCE GRANTED. Decree Awarded Charles P. Knight at Berryville. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November 1.—A decree of the Clarke County Circuit Court, at Berryville, awarded a divorce to Charles Pavey Knight, member of & prominent Winchester family, from Mrs. Emily Turnbull Knight of lower Virginia. ~ Each was under 21 years of age when married. They were liye ing at Berryville when the plaintiff's bill, charging desertion, was il 3 Knight is connected with the en; ing staff of the Virginia State Highw: o